Portland police said a man received non-life-threatening injuries following a shooting on Mellen Street in Portland Friday afternoon.

Police said the shooting involved U.S. marshals.

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According to Senior Inspector Dean Knightly of the U.S. Marshal Service, at around 5:30 p.m. Friday, members of the U.S. Marshal's Maine Violent Offender Task Force caught 22-year-old Arien L'Italien on Mellen Street.

Knightley said L'Italien was wanted on a felony arrest warrant from the Biddeford Police Department on a charge of aggravated assault.

Knightly said that as officers were attempting to take him into custody, L'Italien drew and fired a handgun at the officers, who returned fire, shooting L'Italien.

According to Knightly, L'Italien was taken to Maine Medical Center where he was reported to be in stable condition, but as of Saturday morning, Maine Medical Center said it did not have a patient by that name.

Knightly said no law enforcement officers were hit in the exchange of gunfire.

Portland police along with the FBI and the Maine Attorney General's Office are assisting in the ongoing investigation.

L'Italien is expected to face additional criminal charges as a result of this incident.

Noel C. March, the United States marshal for the district of Maine, said in a statement released by Knightly, "These are the dangers our law enforcement officers face daily in the pursuit of dangerous criminals. Thankfully, no innocent bystanders or members of our police were injured as a result of this armed felon."